Florian pumhosl biography
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Florian Pumhösl
Austrian contemporary artist
Florian Pumhösl (born 1971) is a contemporary artist based in Vienna, mainly known for his works that employ abstract visual language to reflect on the diverse manifestations of modernity.[1] His interests include "historical formal vocabulary of modernism," and "the genealogical derivation of a particular form" and its sociopolitical setting.[2] His work has been described as being "between the two poles of formalism and historicity."[3] Often taking the form of a series, his works span a wide range of media, including films, installations, objects, and glass paintings.[4]
Education
[edit]Florian Pumhösl was born in Vienna in 1971, where he lives and works. He studied at the Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna (1991) and the Hochschule für angewandte Kunst Wien (Diploma, 1997).[5] His international career began at the age of twenty two, when he participated in Backstage: Topologie Zeitgenössischer Kunst at the Kunstverein Hamburg [de].[6][4]
Work
[edit]Florian Pumhösl’s work constitutes a "constellation of historical references encoded within a visual language that appears purely formal."[5] The appa
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Florian Pumhösl
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Florian Pumhösl
Florian Pumhösl was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1971. From 1989 to 1997 he attended the Höhere Grafische Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt, Vienna, and from 1989 to 1996 he studied graphic design at the University (then College) of Applied Arts in Vienna, from which he graduated with a diploma. In 2000, he was awarded the Otto Mauer Prize. In 2002 he was awarded the CENTRAL Prize of the Cologne Art Association and in 2006 the City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts. In 2012, he received the Teresa Bulgarini Prize. The artist has participated in numerous large-scale and group exhibitions internationally, including Yokohama - International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan in 2001, the 50th Biennale di Venezia, Italy in 2003, the 27th Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil in 2006 and Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany in 2007. Solo exhibitions dedicated to him included 2012/2013 Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria; 2010 Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; 2008 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2005 Kunsthalle St. Gallen and 2004 Centre d'édition contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland; 2003 Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany; 2000 Wiener Secession, Vienna; and 1998 Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria. Since 2018 he has held a